Starlings (Sturnidae)
Sulawesi Crested Myna (Basilornis celebensis) - HBW 14, p. 711
French: Basilorne des Célèbes
German: Königsatzel
Spanish: Miná de Célebes
Other common names: Sulawesi/Celebes/King Starling, Short-crested/Celebes (Crested)/Sulawesi Myna
Taxonomy: Basilornis celebensis G. R. Gray, 1861, Menado, Makassar, Sulawesi.
May form a superspecies with B. galeatus and B. corythaix. Monotypic.
Distribution: Sulawesi, including islands of Lembeh, Muna and Buton.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on a trunk and flying away Locality Hong Kong Zoo, Hong Kong (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 April 2002 5 years ago 18 sec 4 -
Two birds in a leafless tree Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 7 August 2007 4 years ago 21 sec 3.6 -
A bird in a leafless tree, preening Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 7 August 2007 4 years ago 31 sec 3.5 -
two birds preening on exposed branch Locality Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Rob Hutchinson 5 September 2011 8 weeks ago 24 sec 2.8
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captive bred male
Locality South Holland Province, Netherlands
sjef van noije 4 February 2010 2 years ago 4 -
captive bred birds
Locality North Holland Province, Netherlands
sjef van noije 4 February 2010 2 years ago 4 -
captive bred
Locality North Holland Province, Netherlands (ssp basilornis celebensis)
sjef van noije 4 February 2010 2 years ago 4 -
Bird perched on a branch in the Rainforest Hall
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Johannes Pfleiderer 17 April 2009 1 year ago 3.5 -
captive bred birds
Locality South Holland Province, Netherlands (ssp basilornis galeatus)
sjef van noije 4 February 2010 2 years ago 3 -
Adult bird at a feeder.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 7 October 2009 2 years ago 3
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